: Designed to eliminate conflict by making everyone equally "perfect," the procedure also creates brain lesions that make citizens docile and easily controlled.
: Tally Youngblood, eager for her procedure, is forced to infiltrate "The Smoke"—a secret settlement of runaways who refuse the surgery—to find her friend Shay. Netflix's UGLIES Belongs in 2010 | Explained uglies
The feature film was released on Netflix on September 13, 2024, starring Joey King as Tally Youngblood. Directed by McG , the movie adapts the first installment of Scott Westerfeld's 2005 bestselling dystopian novel series. 🌆 World and Premise : Designed to eliminate conflict by making everyone